[CAUT] Inspecting a Player Piano Dropped on its Belly

[Clarence Zeches]

If very much sticks below the support beams, the movers may have just bought a very expensive piano.  Make sure you have a good flashlight or trouble light to inspect everything.

Clarence Zeches
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mitchell neher 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Inspecting a Player Piano Dropped on its Belly


  My condolences

   The bottom board may be damaged.  If the rail cover is not disturbed you can probably assume minor issues but don't neglect to check alignment.  You may have to do a push job on the rail. If the rail cover is disturbed LOTS of things are now different. The sustain assembly is certainly tweaked or worse; I would start over with that.  The user interface if present, is either fine or unreliable if not crushed.  The foregoing assumes the cabinet is intact.

  Mitchell A. Neher

  > From: andrew at andersonmusic.com
  > To: caut at ptg.org
  > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:30:45 -0600
  > Subject: [CAUT] Inspecting a Player Piano Dropped on its Belly
  > 
  > Colleagues,
  > I had what had been a reputable piano delivery company pick up two 
  > Sauters that were in the shop for Piano Disc player system installs 
  > and deliver them to my customers. The #$%^#$%& movers dropped the 
  > Omega on its belly.
  > 
  > The customer reports that the pedals don't operate as they should and 
  > that there are broken levers underneath. I'm going to inspect this 
  > weekend. What kind of checklist would you go through in a situation 
  > like this?
  > 
  > Andrew Anderson
  > 
  > On Feb 11, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Richard Brekne wrote:
  > 
  > > Just thought I'd share this with you. Its a basic front weight / 
  > > hammer radius weight calculator based on a Belier curve formula.
  > >
  > > http://www.pianostemmer.no/files/keyradiusweightsgenerator.xls
  > > with explanations at
  > > http://www.pianostemmer.no/action_balancing.html
  > >
  > > hope it is useful to whomever.
  > >
  > > RicB
  > >
  > >
  > 
  > 


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